Palakurichi
Keelaiyur block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 610111
· village code 637750
Population 2011
1,624
Census of India
Population 2020
1,976
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.7%
352 people · 2.2% a year
Households
494
+8.6% vs 455 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,624
Male / female
837 / 787
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
163
Literacy rate
73.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
914 / 0
Working population
952
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
455
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
123
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
464
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
380 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 380 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palakurchi panchayat, Keelaiyur zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹15.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.88 lakh · received ₹3.20 lakh · spent ₹6.94 lakh · left ₹14,713
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.44 lakh · received ₹4.80 lakh · spent ₹8.27 lakh · left ₹7.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.6126, 79.7607 —
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